Senior Android Engineer

Summary

Join Wave, a company revolutionizing financial services in Africa, as an Android Engineer. You will build and improve payment systems, taking ownership of projects from conception to completion. Work remotely from a location between UTC -5 and +4 with reliable internet. Wave offers competitive salaries, generous equity, subsidized health insurance, parental leave, flexible vacation, and a charitable donation matching program. The role requires at least 5 years of professional experience, including 2 years building Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Fluency in English is essential.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience with minimum 2 years of it spent building Android applications
• Experience using Kotlin + Jetpack Compose in a published app (professional or personal projects are fine)
• Fluent in English

Responsibilities

• Build and improve the ways people pay and access money with Wave
• Take ownership of every aspect of the process, starting with a deep comprehension of the problem
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering managers to identify the optimal solution for our users
• Lead the entire lifecycle of your project
• Assist the customer support team in resolving issues
• Be responsible for your own frontend-focused projects
• Support the other engineers on your team with the frontend parts of their projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Kotlin Coroutines & Flows knowledge
• Understanding of design patterns like MVVM
• Apollo Kotlin experience

Benefits

• Work remotely from anywhere (between UTC -5 and +4) with reliable internet access
• Wave covers travel once per year to one of our operating countries in Africa, as well as a yearly stipend of $800 to meet with coworkers
• We run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses or promotions to strong performers who have been with the company for more than six months
• Our salaries are competitive and are calculated using a transparent formula. For this role, depending on your level and location, we offer a salary of $144,000 USD, plus a generous equity package
• Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents and retirement contributions (both vary from country to country)
• 6 months of fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance
• Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 30-40 days per year
• $10,000 annual charitable donation matching